Seat for wagons.



,No. 896,127. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

P. J. LUTHARDT.

' SEAT FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1908.

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SEAT FOR WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application filed February 27, 1908. Serial No. 418,134.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. LUTHARDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seymour, in the county of Outagamie and State of WVisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats for Wagons,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to seats for farm wagons, or the like, andparticularly to the means for mounting or attaching such seats upon thewagon body. At the present time spring seats for wagons are secured uponthe wagon body by hangers attached to the supporting bars for thesprings, said hangers being arranged to engage over the sides of thewagon body and thereby support the seat thereupon. The common form ofattaching means for wagon seats is disadvantageous because when thewagon passes over obstacles or obstructions, the jar often disengagesthe supporting means of the wagon seat from the wagon body and thedriver upon said seat is sometimes injured by. f displacement thereof inthe above manner. Furthermore, should the horses hitched to the wagonstart to run away, it is a very common :thing for the wagon seats now inuse to be rearwardly thrown by disengagement of the supporting meansfrom the wagon body, and the driver is thus often thrown from his seatand stopping of the runaway horses prevented, and

the driver injured.

The present invention comprises essential novel attaching means for thewagon seat to eliminate the disadvantages before referred to.

For a full understanding of the invention and the details ofconstruction thereof, reference is to be had to the following detaildescription and to the several views of the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the wagon seat supportedupon the wagon body by the means comprising the present invention; Fig.2 is a detail perspective view of one of the attaching devices forsupporting the seat; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view showing themounting of the latch-carrying hanger upon the longitudinal supportingmember, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, parts broken awaybringing out more clearly the mounting of the latch means upon thesupporting hanger therefor.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout thefollowing detail description and on the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the wagon body and the numeral2 the seat thereof. Said seat 2 is supported by the usual ellipticalsprings 3, one being provided at each end of the seat, and supportingbars 4 being employed to support the springs 3upon the attaching meanscomprising the present invention.

The attaching means for the seat 2 consists of a longitudinal supportingmember 5, one of which is carried by each side of the wagon body 1, themember 5 being secured to the wagon body by fastenings which .connectdownwardly extendingattachment flanges 6 thereto. The flanges 6 arespaced apart sufficiently to receive the side of the Wagon body uponwhich the part 5 is mounted, said mem-[ her 5 being thus rigidlyattached to the body 1, it being designed to use any suitable fasteningssuch as screws or rivets for this purpose. The supporting member 5 isprovided at its upper edge with a lateral flange 7 provided with aplurality of notches 8 at its front portion and a recess 9 at a pointintermediate of its ends. Carried by the member 5 are the hangers 10 and1 1, the hanger 10 being at- 'tached to one end of the spring supportingbar 4, as shown at 10 while the hanger 11 is similarly attached to theother end of the bar 4 as shown at 11. The hangers 10 and 11 areprovided upon the middle portions thereof with interlocking extensions10 and 11 respectively. Said extensions being arranged beneath theflange 7 of the member 5 when the hangers are in operative positions.

The extensions 10 and 11 interlock the hangers from which they extend,with the supporting member 5, and in such a manner that the hangerscannot be displaced vertically when said extensions are engaged with theflange 7 in the manner described; The

bar 4, with the hangers attached thereto, is adapted for slidableadjustment upon the member 5 and a latch device comprising a pivotedlever 12 having a catch 13, is mounted upon the hanger 11 in such a waythat the catch 13 is adapted to engage with any one of the notches 8 tothereby hold the supporting parts of the seat 2 at a suitableadjustment. A spring 14 engages the lever 12 and normally tends to holdthe catch 13 thereof in engagement With the flange 7.

The construction of the attaching means as above set forth is adapted tofacilitate ready removal, as well as attachment, of the seat 2 upon theWagon body. In order to remove the seat 2 from the supporting member 5it is only necessary to disengage the latch mechanism on the hanger 11,of each attachment, slide the seat 2 forwardly on the wagon body 1 untileach hanger 10 is arranged so that its extension 10 will register withthe recess 9. The front hanger 1 1 will have been disengaged from thepart 5 and the seat may be lifted readily from the attachment members 5as soon as the extension 1O registers with the recess 9 in the mannerdescribed. To place the seat inposition upon theattachment members 5it-is only necessary to reverse the operation. above described. v Therearwardmovement of the seat upon the sup porting members 5 'is limitedby stops 15one of which projects from the rear extremity of each member5 beneaththe flange 7 thereof.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that theattaching meansshown in ig. 2 of the drawings may :be arranged-s0 that the hangersthereon are either upon the outside or the inside of the wagon body,lasmay be desired by the user. To reverse the positions of the attachingdevices it is only necessary to interchange the same inzorder that theymay be arranged with: the. front ends forward and disposed in properpositions to support the seat 2.

The many advantageous features of the invention, will be apparent fromthe foregoing, it being understood that the size and detail constructionof the partsmay be-modified in accordance with the broad spirit of theinvention and the scope of the'appended claims.

It will be understood that the hangers 1O and 11 may be used in the sameway as are the common forms of hangers now in use,

when it is desired to support the hangers on the lower wagon box, whentheupper box is, used. In other words the hangers 10 and 11 will beengaged over the upper edges of the sides of the lowerwagon box and theupper box will be placed in its usual position supported by the lowerbox. The seat can be the same way as any other seat, shou d this bedesired.

Having, thus described the invention, what;

with lateral flanges, a seat, hangers attached to said. seat, lockingmeans forholding said .45 supported on the top box by said han ers in' rhangers at a predetermined adjustment in the length of the supportingmembers aforesaid, said hangers being provided with extensionsinterlockin above mentioned, an the flanges being with the flangesformed with recesses of a width sufficient to permitthe extensions ofthe hangers to pass therethrough in. disengaging the same from I thesupporting members to remove the seat. In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

' PHILIP J. LUTHARDT. Witnesses: I i CLARA BECKMANN, F. R. DITTMER.

